Why companies choose AMS Performance Monitor?

The economic operation of any plant depends critically on the condition of the major plant equipment which is known to deteriorate. The timing of maintenance and cleaning have a big impact on profitability. Raw plant data or manual calculations do not provide enough information on which to base such important decisions on.

In the past performance has been monitored by a variety of methods. Condition-based monitoring, oil analysis and visual inspections are all commonly used. However, the monitoring of the actual performance of the equipment is less frequent and is often based on one-off manual calculations or using snapshot values in a 'homemade' spreadsheet.

No account is generally taken of instrument drift or errors, bad data or the accuracy of the data used in the calculations. There is rarely any reference back to how the performance differs from what it should be at design. Where there is design reference, often no account is taken of the ambient conditions.

Controlling these ambient conditions and unscheduled equipment downtime can be improved by a structured approach to performance monitoring. The growing convergence towards web-based asset management allows information to be pushed direct to the desktop for continuous monitoring and analysis. AMS Performance Monitor streamlines this process and provides all the benefits of a traditional system but, in addition, enables the plant to reduce costs further by eliminating the need to purchase hardware and software for deployment internally.

AMS Performance Monitor utilises rigorous monitoring software to provide highly accurate information to users, eliminating instrument noise, errors and bad data. AMS Performance Monitor can be accessed at any time where the user has access to the Internet. Users can assess the effect the performance of plant equipment is having on the efficiency of the plant in terms of throughput, downtime, stability etc. It may also show the cost of the degradation in performance in real money terms. AMS Performance Monitor enables users to make essential decisions based on hard facts. Maintenance schedules can be optimised to extend run times and plan activities accurately.